With Israeli Approval, Egypt Sent Arms to Abbas's Fatah
With Israel's blessing, Egypt has delivered a large shipment of arms to forces loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli officials said Thursday, in the latest Israeli attempt to boost the embattled leader in his conflict with the radical Hamas organization.
Israel has been trying to reinforce Abbas's standing among his people. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Abbas is a partner for negotiations -- unlike Hamas, which rejects the existence of Israel and refuses to renounce violence. Hamas took over the Palestinian government after winning parliamentary elections last January. Link
db: Funny old world when Israel tries to "reinforce Abbas's standing amongst his people" by supporting an arms shipment to be utilised against a government democratically elected by his people as a means of ousting the corrupt and useless party - Fatah - that he leads.
Abbas aide denies Fatah received arms from Egypt
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